Sentences with phrase «parenting than fathers»

Mothers reported higher levels of mindful parenting than fathers.

They are more confident, effective, and satisfied in their parenting than fathers who are not as involved.

If mothers were better at parenting than fathers, surely we would be aware of indicators that motherlessness causes more problems than fatherlessness.

The U.S. Census Bureau said that there were an estimated 199,000 stay - at - home dads and 1.9 million single dads in 2015, but even happily married fathers with full - time office jobs still want to devote more quality time to parenting than their fathers and grandfathers did.

Not exact matches

This isn't your father's boring money show, but you can learn to manage money better than your parents ever did by tuning in.

Less desirable in the eyes of her parents than a male child, a girl stayed close to her mother, but her father controlled her life until he relinquished her to another man for marriage.

Our point is that on the whole the nuclear mother - father team in intact first marriages does a better job of raising children than do single parents, stepparents or unmarried couples.

But, my mother was raised by somewhat religious parents but I don't think she's been to church more than a handful of times since she wed my father.

A precocious Jesus seems exasperated with her failure to understand that he would rather be in his father's house than traveling home from Jerusalem with his parents (Luke 2:49).

A «father or a mother in God,» a «brother or sister in God» may be closer to us than our physical parents and relatives.

And of course there is the gut - wrenching story of the young man worked up the courage to come out to his parents only to be told by his father, «this is worse than if you had died.»

First of all to my parents, my father, Remus Muray, and my mother, Marianna Muray, for their part in bringing me into the world, and their love, understanding, and encouragement throughout my life; to John Cobb, my theological «godfather» who first introduced me to process thought, and to whose friendship, inspiration, encouragement, and intellectual stimulation I am more grateful than I could ever express; to David Griffin, who taught me how to think critically; to Jay McDaniel and Kevin Clark for their enduring friendship since our student days and perpetually intellectual stimulating conversations; Nancy Howell, without whose encouragement this project may not have been undertaken; William Dean, whose work has proved to be so liberating; to David and Rosanne Keller, for their friendship, the opportunity to work and play with them, and for their living relationally; Josephine Bates, for her friendship, encouragement, and support in this endeavor; the Rt..

How many times they had to take a back seat in activities, or not be defended as another parent probably would have because it would be seen as «the pastor» is playing favorites with his kid, rather than a father is defending / supporting his child.

But the Lord had chosen a mother for that baby, and a child for that mother — nothing is more loving, our friends found, than helping a parent to receive the Father's gift of life.

Some Christians continue to characterize fathers who share parenting responsibilities or stay at home with their children as «man fails» and «worse than unbelievers,» instructing women to intentionally avoid earning more money than their husbands, even if it is less practical for their family to do so, or else they will injure their spouse's ego.

The NSPCC and O2 polled mothers and fathers with youngsters aged eight to 13 and found that less than a fifth of parents are having frequent conversations with their children about staying safe online.

I need look no further than my own parents — my father is Catholic and my mother Protestant.

Cairns describes his upbringing as less conservative and fundamentalist than the church of his youth; his parents, especially his father, encouraged reading and learning.

It is promised that the heavenly Father, with a greater love than that of an earthly parent, will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.

Also, Franklin should know that Obama's father's and grandfather's being Muslim does not make Barack a Muslim, any more than my parents and grandparents Christianity makes me a Christian.

Corbett, now older than her father, still misses her parents.

In light of a few things that happened of late — the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage for same - sex couples, the addition of the word cisgender into the Oxford English Dictionary, the rise of the transgender movement, with Germany leading the way for parents to register their baby as something other than just boy or girl, the increase in stay - at home dads and egalitarian marriages, universities recognizing a third gender, the desire by some to be called they versus he or she, the declaration that 2015 is the year of the gender - neutral baby, it's clear we are moving toward a society that is busting up traditional views of gender and what men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers look and act like.

Yet we also know that whilst many groups set out to be «parent and toddler» rather than «mother and toddler», the reality is that they attract mostly mothers, grandmothers and child - minders: Fathers are almost universally missing from the parent and toddler world.

more fathers (55 %) than mothers (41 %) saying that the parent who is paid more should stay at work — regardless of whether they are male or female.

Stop bashing young dads — and support them to help their children The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.

Our view is that as a general principle, promoting your focus on «mothers and fathers» rather than «parents» enables you to make crystal clear to your audience that you value, and are addressing the issue of, men's involvement in parenting.

A recent analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) found that, in fathers, a higher parenting self - efficacy score was related to lower work - family strain; and a key mechanism by which fathers» work / family strain was decreased was by their doing more than they regarded as their «fair share» of child rearing tasks.

The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.

It also sets off a bureaucratic chain of events which backs up the message that fathers can treat parenting as optional, as health visitors talk to mothers rather than fathers, children centres build their services around what they perceive to be mothers» (rather than families») needs, schools fail to record contact details of fathers and, when a young person ends up in court for misbehaviour, magistrates hand down parenting orders to mothers rather than fathers, even when the father is resident in the household and present in the courtroom.

So, who better to pull together a list of what dads want for Father's Day than someone who has been on both sides of the fence — the hard - working breadwinner and the 24/7 stay - at - home parent who's gone through the baby, toddler, little girl and tween years?

* Some researchers have found fathers» depression impacting more negatively on their parenting behaviours than mothers».

• Over half of parents say they only play with their children occasionally a third say they simply don't have the time to play, and 1 in 6 fathers say they do not know how to play with their child Then there is the allure of technology with so many parents concerned nowadays that their children would prefer to communicate with their mobile phone than with their family!

Under the changes, mothers will be able to transfer maternity leave to fathers from 2 weeks after the birth of the child (rather than 20 weeks as now), in theory encouraging both parents to take a full role from the start — with all the benefits that brings.

Fathers and father figures are more likely to be overlooked in studies than mothers, because childhood sweeps have not interviewed birth parents not living in the cohort member's «main household».

All in all, the state views fathers as a «nice to have» optional extra, rather than central to the parenting enterprise.

• If one parent is better - educated than the other, some children may benefit from the better - educated parent undertaking more care: e.g. in Norway, girls (but not boys) have been found to do better at school when a father who was better educated than their mother took longer - than - average leave (Cools et al, 2011.)

There is no mandatory training to become a parent, although a pregnant woman is much more likely than an expectant father to start reading up about how her life is about to change, and preparing as best she can for those changes.

Being a step - parent is a lot more art than science, but there are simple ways to go wrong: Stepmoms who demand hugs and kisses and who seek to be called «Mom;» step - parents who grouse about not being the primary focus of Father's or Mother's Day; parents of all kinds waging propaganda campaigns to curry favor with the children.

Another fact uncovered was that parents tended to speak more to the same sex children, as in mothers talk to infant daughters more than sons, and conversely, fathers talk to baby sons more than daughters.

First, he cites a study that states, despite the rhetoric of father's rights groups, more dads want to «assist in the parenting role after separation than take over as primary caregiver.»

Conflict with fathers, fathers» negativity and fathers» harsh or neglectful parenting are strongly associated with children's externalising behaviour, and fathers» harsh parenting has a stronger effect than mothers» on children's aggression.

Centre manager Karen Keenan says assessments, including residential stays of an average of 12 weeks, make no assumptions about whether children are likely to be «better off» with mum, dad or both, but take a firm line that fathers are important: «We start from the point of view of the child, and over many years we've found that often it's the father, rather than the mother, who is the more competent or promising parent of the two.»

• 8 out of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out of 10 women (80 %) and more than 6 out of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for children • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a child's relationship with its mother more than it values a child's relationship with its father • Almost 6 out of 10 (59 %) agree with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for children, fathers have to prove it • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that there should be a zero tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time in school reading with their child • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight with their partner in hospital when their baby is born.

Where child conduct is an issue, fathers can be as effective change agents within families as mothers; delivering a parent education programme to both mother and father is more effective than delivering it to just one parent; and each individual parent's sensitivity towards their child (and their child's attachment to them) is enhanced when both parents are included in the intervention (O'Brien 2004).

The early years period is also the time when fathers, like mothers, are most child - focused: this is the period when parents of both sexes spend more time caring for and interacting with their children than they ever will again.

The argument that fathers should not have a greater role in parenting after separation than they had before separation ignores the significance of the change that separation can make to fathers» attitudes to the parenting role.

Even when couples break up (or have never lived together) a non resident father is likely to be more involved than a separated father was thirty years ago (Hetherington & Kelly, 2002), and many of these fathers spend a substantial time parenting alone.

Mothers give themselves somewhat higher ratings than do fathers: 73 % of mothers say they are doing an excellent or very good job as a parent, compared with 64 % of fathers.

Mark S Kiselica writes in When Boys Become Parents, «For too long our culture has treated boys who become fathers... as detached misfits who are the architects of many of our nation's problems, rather than seeing these youth for who they really are: young men trying to navigate a complex array of difficult life circumstances that place them at a tremendous disadvantage.»

Colic, crying, round - the - clock wakings — is it any wonder that parents experience high rates of depression in the first year after the birth of a child?A study of British parents in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that more than one - third of mothers and about one - fifth of fathers seem to have weathered depression sometime between becoming parents and their children's 12th birthday, with the most episodes occurring in the first year after birth.